Walter Baron
Military
Object Number - UPL 23636 - Lt. Walter [NMI] Baron,[ N. Grosvenor Dale, CT], 364th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106854 C5-B “Peabody’s Pet”. This a/c became lost on 25...
Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Rechlin, Germany in P-51 42-106854 'Peabody's Pet'. Aborted near Rostock with engine running roughly and made for Sweden. Interned in Sweden. 25-Aug-44. MACR 7948.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korea medals.
Post war: Remained in USAF till 1962, serving in Korea and rising to the rank of Captain.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Peabody's Pet
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron 376th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Connecticut, USA | 20 November 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Connecticut, USA | 13 January 1942 | Connecticut, USA |
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Other Crashed |
Airport Blvd, Bartow, FL 33830, USA | 17 July 1943 | Take Off Accident due to Engine Failure Bartow AAF, Florida Cat 5 damage Lt Walter Baron, 17-Jul-43. P-51A 43-6117 - 56FS 54FG. |
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Based |
Leiston | 12 December 1943 - 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 2 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Lomma, Sweden | 25 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Rechlin, Germany in P-51B 'Peabody's Pet' 42-106854. Aborted near Rostock with engine running roughly and made for Sweden. Interned in Sweden. 25-Aug-44. MACR 7948. |
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Enlisted |
5 February 1958 | Re-enlisted USAF | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
31 January 1962 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
California, USA | 11 November 1985 | |
| Grosvenor Dale, Thompson, CT 06255, USA | |||
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Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA | Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Riverside County California, USA | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
My uncle Walter was always known as Wally to family and friends.
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Baron
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=7948
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Baron%2C+Walter
https://www.fold3.com/page/623267809_walter_baron%20%20(1920)/details/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Baron&GSfn=Walter…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7948 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
